diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index edbc5ba9c5..d56ae66acc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### 🧰 Bug fixes 🧰
+
+- (Splunk) `discovery`: Fix crashing collector if discovered mongodb isn't reachable in Kubernetes ([#4911](https://github.com/signalfx/splunk-otel-collector/pull/4911)))
+
 ## v0.101.0
 
 ### 🛑 Breaking changes 🛑
diff --git a/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml b/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml
index 9467006c91..e1bea6456a 100644
--- a/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml
+++ b/cmd/otelcol/config/collector/config.d.linux/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #       hosts:
 #         - endpoint: '`endpoint`'
 #           transport: tcp
+#       timeout: 5s
 #   status:
 #     metrics:
 #       - status: successful
diff --git a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml
index a2140b0aca..0217cfbc62 100644
--- a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml
+++ b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ mongodb:
       hosts:
         - endpoint: '`endpoint`'
           transport: tcp
+      timeout: 5s
   status:
     metrics:
       - status: successful
diff --git a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml.tmpl b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml.tmpl
index 0d8a8771f2..f733d678fb 100644
--- a/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml.tmpl
+++ b/internal/confmapprovider/discovery/bundle/bundle.d/receivers/mongodb.discovery.yaml.tmpl
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
       hosts:
         - endpoint: '`endpoint`'
           transport: tcp
+      timeout: 5s
   status:
     metrics:
       - status: successful